the imitation of Christ, the 2nd book: chapter i (admonitions concerning the inner life)

OF THE INWARD LIFE β€œThe kingdom of God is within you, says the Lord. Turn you with all your heart to the Lord and forsake this miserable world, and you shall find rest unto your soul. Learn to despise outward things and to give yourself to things inward, and you shall see the Kingdom of [...]

the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xxiv (exit from the old to the new)

β€œNow that you understand what the kingdom of God is, your life is dedicated to God that it may be established, as the prophet Obadiah said, β€œAnd saviors shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Yahveh's.” Yes, you are called to be a savior to [...]

the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xxi (exit from the old to the new)

β€œYou here meet a law in God's great nature that is hard to understand. If you condemn yourself, you stand condemned before God. Therefore, we urge upon you the necessity of settling the matter, according to the directions of Christ: β€œIf therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy [...]